Vaughan under injury cloud

Paul Vaughan could face a stint on the sidelines with a leg injury.

WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 04: Paul Vaughan of the Dragons is tackled during the round 21 NRL match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the New Zealand Warriors at WIN Stadium on August 4, 2018 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

The NSW forward came from the field in the 11th minute of his side’s 18-12 loss to New Zealand on Saturday after twisting his leg in a tackle. He was later seen on crutches and in a moon boot after the match.

Dragons coach Paul McGregor said the club’s medical staff was unable to determine the severity of the injury but admitted it was a concern.

“He is not sure whether it is his knee or his ankle,” McGregor told NRL Media.

“He heard something pop so he is just sort of in a bit of, I suppose, freeze mode at the moment.

2 COMMENTS

Give it a rest McGregor, the team is a disgrace, back to the bad old days of 2016. Rudderless, no go forward, trying to go wide all the time, poor kicking game, woeful defense on the Aitken Nightinale side. Widdop is playing crap, coinciding with his bleached hair, Hunt is so out of form he should be dropped and give Jai Field a crack. The forwards are lethargic, the overall defense it pitiful. THey are not worth of top eight anymore and after Manly’s win, I reckon dragons are worst team in the comp at the moment. Will lose last 4 games easily.

” Our vision is on what we want to do ” What a stupid statement McGregor. The only vision I can see for you is out the door. Since you took over from Steve Price mid-season in 2015 what improvement have you achieved ?? At least in 2015 the Dragons made the semis even though they were knocked out in the first game. As daffy said above I can’t see the Dragons winning another game this season which means they will end up on 28 points and will miss the semis again. The best thing would be for management on Monday to ask you to leave effective IMMEDIATELY and bring someone in from outside as an interim coach, that makes more sense to me than your useless words of “Our vision is what we want to do “